Book Review | 'The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them,' by Elif Batuman
An entertaining memoir-cum-travelogue of a grad student’s improbable education in Russian language and literature.
From: NYT > Books
Friday, 19 March, 2010
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